About block 953,045
Bitcoin block 953,045 was mined by AntPool on June 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM UTC, 1 min 4 s after block 953,044. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,285 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0073 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1323 BTC for this block.
Block 953,045 is number 1,494 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 522 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,955 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,364 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.